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Entra Chat is a weekly podcast hosted by Merill Fernando and delivers practical insights for Microsoft administrators and security professionals through conversations with identity experts who've been in the trenches.
Episodes feature seasoned Entra practitioners sharing real-world deployment experiences and Microsoft Entra team members who build the features you use daily.
Get the inside track on best practices, implementation strategies, and upcoming capabilities directly from those who design and deploy Microsoft identity solutions.
Join us for actionable takeaways you can apply immediately in your Microsoft 365, Azure, and Entra environments.
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From SMS MFA to Passkeys: A Practical Microsoft Entra Migration Plan
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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The Ultimate Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access Migration Guide
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Why Entra Admins Need Microsoft Purview Now
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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How Xbox Secures 70+ Entra Tenants Every Night with Maester
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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One Compromised Agent ID Blueprint Can Cross Tenant Boundaries
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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Attackers Are Targeting The AI Ecosystem You Cannot See
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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From Windows Core to Leading Agent ID: Vince Smith’s Microsoft Story
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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Shadow Admins: The Non-Human Identities Hiding in Your Entra Tenant
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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How Microsoft Is Securing AI Agents in Entra - Conditional Access, Zero Trust & the "Block" Debate
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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The Learn-It-All Career Playbook for Identity and Security Pros
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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5 Lessons from Rolling Out Passkeys to Millions of Users
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May 31, 2026 |
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The New Control Plane for Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance
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May 23, 2026 |
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What’s New in Microsoft Entra - May 2026: Passkeys, Agents & Cloud Sync
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May 16, 2026 |
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If You Manage Entra Permissions, Watch This Before Deploying Agents
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May 09, 2026 |
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How to Secure Copilot Agents, Azure DevOps & Defender (+ more) with Maester 2.1 (Full Breakdown)
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May 02, 2026 |
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What an ID Governance Consultant Wishes You Knew About Entra
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Stop Leaving the Door Open: The Entra ID Hardening Checklist Security Experts Actually Use
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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How to Design Bullet-Proof Conditional Access Policies in Microsoft Entra ID
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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5 Entra ID Updates You Can’t Afford to Ignore in 2026 (Backup, Governance, CA Agent & Risk Score Exposed)
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Finding Every MFA Gap: Testing 250 Million Conditional Access Combinations in Under 20 Minutes
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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From FIM/MIM to Cloud Sync: Complete Identity Journey with Australia’s Top Identity MVP Darren “Doc” Robinson
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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How to Migrate from Legacy VPNs to Entra Private Access (Real Strategies from a Veteran)
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Passkeys, Conditional Access, Hard-match updates, GSA BYOD: What Entra Admins Need To Know
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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We Gave Away Our Microsoft Entra Masterclass Labs → Full Governance, Privileged Access & Agent ID Labs Walkthrough
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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They migrated 40,000 devices to Entra Join in 9 months
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Microsoft Is Auto-Enabling Passkeys in March 2026
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Automating Governance: The New Standard for Microsoft 365 Tenant Snapshots and Remediation
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Mastering Microsoft Entra ID: Real-World Passkey Deployment Tips
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Entra Agent Registry: The Corporate Yellow Pages for AI Agents
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Global Secure Access Explained: Real-World Rollouts, Mistakes, and Best Practices
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Cybersecurity First Principles: Lessons from a 20-Year Microsoft MVP
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Identity-Centric Network Security: Entra Global Secure Access Architecture & Benefits
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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How to Kill SMS MFA in Entra ID Without a Single Script
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Extending Microsoft Entra: Logic Apps, Power Apps, and the Art of Tinkering with Entra ID
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Inside Microsoft’s Entra Tenant: The Internal App Governance Playbook
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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The "Secret Sauce" Behind Microsoft's New MCP Server
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Entra Ignite Recap: Synced Passkeys, Agent ID & The Future of Identity
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Zero Trust Assessment: Secure your tenant
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Hacking Entra ID: Bypassing AppLocks & Creating ‘Immortal’ Users
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Hacking Entra ID: Inside the Attack & Defense Playbook with its Creators
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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I found a bug that could hack ANY Microsoft 365 tenant - Here's what happened
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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AI is Coming to Identity Governance! Meet the Entra Access Review Agent
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Why AI Is Breaking Identity Security – Experts Spill the Truth!
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Azure AD B2C to Entra External ID: Migration Strategies You Need to Know
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Microsoft's Secret Weapon for M365 Admins: A 10x Faster Bulk Operations Tool
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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How a Pharmacist Became a Pro Hacker (And What She Found in YOUR Tenant)
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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The Great Debate: P2 vs. Entra ID Governance for Guests
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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The Hidden Risks of Non-Human Identities in Your Tenant
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Red Team Secrets: How we bypass Conditional Access (and how you can fix it)
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Inside Entra Resilience: Microsoft's Outage War Stories, Backup Secrets and Preventing Global Outages
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Identity War Stories: Surviving the Domain Cutover Nightmare!
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Don't Get Left Behind: The Future of Identity Governance
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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The Zero Trust Mistakes 90% of Companies Are Making (Microsoft Insiders Reveal All)
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Building Entra's CA AI Agent: A Creator's Perspective
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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The Unpopular Opinion: Why I Actually LIKE Hybrid Join
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Entra Chat 🎙️ → A master class with Entra’s Identity Provisioning Wizard!
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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The Secret to Great Tech Content? A Masterclass in Storytelling
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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The Ultimate Guide to App Consent in Microsoft Entra
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Pushing Microsoft Entra to its Limits to Secure On-Prem AD
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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From Active Directory to AI Agents: The 25-Year Saga of Microsoft's Identity
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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From NetIQ to Cloud-Native Entra: A Decade-Long IAM Revolution
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Decommissioning On-Prem AD: Lessons Learned from We Are Era's Successful Migration
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May 30, 2025 |
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Unmasking Entra ID Threats: A CrowdStrike Researcher's Early Career Insights with Sapir Federovsky
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May 24, 2025 |
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Microsoft's Entra Kerberos: Bridging Legacy AD to Cloud Auth + MAM on Edge with PM Jordan Gross
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May 17, 2025 |
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Entra & Azure Power-Up: Secure Service Principal Impersonation with Simon Gottschlag
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May 10, 2025 |
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Unlocking Entra ID's NEW QR Code Sign-In. Fast & Simple Authentication!
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May 02, 2025 |
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Entra @ McDonald's: Managing 2.2 million workforce identities in the cloud
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Inside Entra Sync: Dhanyah, the Microsoft PM for Entra Connect & Cloud Sync Reveals All
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Securing a Global Giant: Inside IKEA's Identity Strategy with Martin
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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What nobody tells you about managing Microsoft 365 guest access with Samantha
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Operational Groups in Entra with Nathan McNulty
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Bypassing MFA with Kuba, the Evilginx guy!
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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From Okta to Entra: Migrating 700 Apps in 90 Days
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Mar 10, 2025 |